Coins and Historical Medals

RUSSIA, Birth of Peter the Great, 1672, a white metal medal by P.P. Werner [struck c. 1740-60], half-length busts of Tsar and Tsarina right, rev. angel seated on cloud holding infant Peter, crowned figure of Russia kneeling at right, 67mm (Diakov 1.1; BDM VI, 454). Minor spotting, otherwise extremely fine £300-£400